Allan Woodley Explained

Allan Woodley
Birth Date:22 August 1935
Birth Place:Melbourne
Originalteam:Xavier College
Height:193cm
Weight:89 kg
Statsend:1963
Years1:1954–59, 1963
Club1:Hawthorn
Games Goals1:130 (56)
Careerhighlights:

1959

Allan Woodley (born 22 August 1935) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1950s. A follower, he was also known by his nickname 'The Colonel'.

Woodley began his Hawthorn career in 1954 after being recruited from Xavier College. He was chosen to represent Victoria at the 1956 Perth Carnival and won Hawthorn's Best and Fairest in 1959. In 1960 he went to England to study but returned in 1963 for one last season.